Daily Republican., 1887-02-07
n ~ sugar Inaustry.

TIE sugar Indnstry.
The late report of the statistician OF
the Agricultural Department sets forth
some valuable facts in regard to the
sugar industry. II is no secret that
our consumption Of sugar per capita 10
Amongst the snakiest, while Great Bri-
tain u the largest but even ths our
total consumption exceeds that Of Great
Britain and amounts to 9, 49l, I48, 900,
pounds and Of this amount our conntry
prodIoes only 81. coo 900 pounds, . nero
drop In the bucket OF our total con-
sum ption. Even this limited produc-
sion 10 subject to great fluctuations. In
1851, the year the war broke out, the
product OF Louisiana, our only sugar
producing State, WAS ESQ. A 8 hogsheads;
In 1885 1t was only 23l go hogshead',
while in 1884 It was Lie ,4S1 hogsheads.
These e fluctuations indicate . very un-
stable supply. and under existing cir
cnmstNnces afford little promise OF boz
ter things In the future. All this tine
our consumption Is increasing rapidly,
and amounts at the present time to
nearly one.fourth Of all the products OF
the principal sugar growing countries
In the world. AT the present tins when
re cannot Hnd profitable employment
o. our labor, and our wheat. corn and
cotton are q drrg.in the market. we are
nevertheless hun ing the world over for
food prod ucts ct cost of $500, 900, 900
annually, nearly all OF which We could
produce at home II our governme {
would land the same helping hand this
Ii lent BY + lropean nations to their d,-
veloplng industries. Almost every ns-
ton In Europe has entered uponktl Q
production of beet sugar. France was
earliest in the field. having been CON-
pelled I'd supply her needs in this, and
Last year she produced 1,l02, OO0, 600
pounds. or about half As much as
the total consumption OF the United
States. Austris- II angary prod ced
evsE more; Germany twice ss
much as France, and Russia
nearly Is much. Holland. one OF
the smallest Of European States, pro-
duced last year more sugar than the
United States. Unitedly, Europe pro-
duced last year 400, 1927 tons Of beet
sugar, while for this year the crop is e.
timated at 1850. 900 tons, more than
double In nine years.
A total production OF sugar for tina
world last year was 1858, 900 tons Of
cane singer, and 8 100000 tons of beet
sugar. These facts speak louder than
words, and II France and Germany
produce /, 500, 900 tons OF beet sugar In
. year why should not the Coited
States do the same thing? The L>D-
caster, Pa, New Era, review wing this
subject, asks why does not our govern
ment lstrive to establish this indus
try among our peopl,? We join 1t in
this question and ask why? Already
We receive and consume nearly 2,000,-
~ y pounds Of beet sugar from Europe.
= ,nsr{a. ~ century hence We will
"A Y, 'nch sugar as is now
require nearly ss I-- -,ue.
made In the whole OF B.As. mt vas
E2us ten yeara ago the Alto. III.
made ID loom the beat industry in L.
aware, An extensive mandatory OF
beet sugar was erected at Riverside, on
The Dsis ware, bat after the trial OF
wear 1t had to be turned to other uses
a the -entare did not pay.
It failed to pay because the people
ala no. khw how to raise beet. IN y
could raise larger ones, but without ""
sncoulent quality that produces suga-.
The farmers needed srsiDiHt in this IL.
dustry and while truit vas prod uctive
and remunerAtive they would not risk
the raising OF bets. The consequences
was that the beet raising Industry fell
through, and no attempt has since been
made TO revive it. A small bounty by
the government would revive the In
dustry. The Treasury Of the n ton Il
overho wing with money, and Congress
does not know what to do to proven
the surplus increase. Here ia good
opening for surplus Investment. Wha
would be q few hundred thousand do!
lara. or even q few millions, for tina
mater, out OF the overlooking pueli
treasury, weighed against such gras
agricultural industry? The first sugi
made In France cos. dollar per pound
to-dsy 1t is made for few cents. Gov
eminent bounties have fostered the in
dustry uRttl 1t Is driving cane sugar
the wall, even though the latter Is prc
duced by low priced labor.
All that is wanted IN the Unite
States 20 enable the people to do as the
have done In Europe is to have the pr
lection OF the government. As Ssa
measure, Della ware herself could
nothing better with her treasury So
Plus than to appropriate come OF 1t
encourage sugar beet raising. No pla
IN the JTnttad Gtatea ia hetfar ad nj
to this industry than this peninsula b
tween the two bays, and II start
given to 1t by ths State there Is no go
reason why Il should not become rs
nous for raising sugar as 1t now is
raising fruit.